• Fri, 23:15: good news: Macarthur foundation supporting secondary education for girls in developing world with $BIGNUM http://t.co/fFZRMahw
• Fri, 23:20: If your site cannot convince me of the value of turning #DNT off for you, you don't deserve to have my information #ie10 #oilfieldrevolts
• Fri, 23:30: is this the kind of thing the FTC means when they say EU privacy regulations are speed bumps to innovation? http://t.co/Q37runPd
• Sat, 01:07: it will be timeconsuming to take my main notebook from CP to RP; it might be worth doing for the improvements in Mail alone! #windows8
• Sat, 01:11: For the record, I simply cannot express how much I hate Santander's new online business banking site. Burn it. Burn it with fire.
• Sat, 01:16: this is shared from the Tom's Guide app in Metro; does it open the site or the app or an online ad for the Store? http://t.co/1C5Q46qu
• Sat, 01:19: testing windows store sharing http://t.co/W2qjmzZo
• Sat, 01:28: Sharing an app from the Windows Store in #windows8 does indeed produce a Store Web preview http://t.co/iqNdxU9q here showing my win8 piece!
• Sat, 02:47: hey @fitbit @ie could you guys get together and make the Fitbit site's flash charts compatible with Metro #ie please? thank you!
• Sat, 03:19: @keithwarren @ckindel @carnage4life also assets go beyond images, icons etc

• Thu, 19:23: the Economist claims to reach 13mn people with a new book; 8 of those were me, with email after email after email #statistics
• Thu, 22:32: keep finding neat tricks we think are new in RP were in #windows8 CP already! Win-X working in Metro, live traffic in Bing Maps both in CP
• Thu, 22:54: if Google thinks Microsoft/Nokia/Mosaid is antritrust re patents should we expect major changes in Googorola FRAND patent suits? pot/kettle?
• Fri, 05:39: things I wasn't expecting; to have to deauthorise old Win8 Mail apps from Exchange to get under my ten ActiveSync partnerships for CP Mail
• Fri, 05:51: hello Metro developers? what is wrong with all that space at top of the screen you're ignoring? Rowi is pretty but 4 tweets on 12" screen?!
• Fri, 05:59: Ms says '10s of thousands' of improvements in Release Preview #windows8 plus my scoop: Flash for Metro IE on Windows RT http://t.co/8PMhnq7N
• Fri, 06:13: That Google antitrust claim against Microsoft Nokia? @fosspatents points out it's the same claim ITC threw out 3 times! http://t.co/rHnZ4NyB
• Fri, 06:36: if this rumoured smaller model were to be called the iPad Mini, would the current size of iOS tablet become known as the iPad Maxi?

• Wed, 22:54: need more verses for 'idiots & bunglers believe the fakes on the tumblrs' song for dealing w tech rumors for @getwired tune=oranges & lemons
• Wed, 22:57: Barista dedication! Latte art in a to go mug from #barefoot ;-) http://t.co/YHOT5ziL
• Wed, 23:17: A song for coping with iPhone rumours in WWDC season, or any other, for @getwired http://t.co/P1CxEbfo
• Wed, 23:30: @docscannerapp could you get in touch about a possible review? DM or email via http://t.co/5T0Kvdq6 - thanks!
• Thu, 00:21: Maker in the UK http://t.co/Cu9rOKTH #zdnetuk
• Thu, 04:36: Windows 8 Release Preview date leaked: 31st May 2012 http://t.co/nTSleURE #zdnetuk
• Thu, 06:58: Rescued a Mac with no working trackpad by plugging in a Microsoft Touch Mouse; it 'just worked' with instant cursor #success!

• Tue, 20:28: Back to the 80s for UK computing; Raspberry Pi is about fun and making money too http://t.co/DZiGsd8E
• Wed, 01:49: Another Amy tasting; we just like *every* wine here from old vine chardonnay to blends to petit syrah to tempranillo http://t.co/quRRSnVG
• Wed, 01:52: Tasted Ken Volk; wide selection of interesting wines, not sure we found the good ones in the bunch
• Wed, 02:23: Edward Sellers; unusual approach to Rhone blends by Amy who is now Ranchero Cellars; nice Grenache rose, white blend, Chateau NeufPap-alike
• Wed, 02:25: Love tasting in #pasorobles so much variety, such friendly owners & wine makers. Think we have a new favorite in #redsoles
• Wed, 07:33: Really #wordament ? Promonades is a word? Really?

• Mon, 20:40: Little piece of Portland in Atascadero; stumptown coffee, weird art, scones, hipsters. We did a jigsaw w no picture! http://t.co/dSuyl13Z
• Mon, 22:11: Beautiful eco tasting room, excellent wine, especially the alberino, syrah, petit credit & Ku blend & white blend&... http://t.co/R8RHC0Gl
• Mon, 22:31: Lunch at Farmstand 46 in the shade http://t.co/ieBnK3Rr
• Mon, 22:32: What shall I have; the old favorite or something new? Why mess with perfection - the pressed pork fontina it is http://t.co/w2aTfcUf
• Mon, 22:40: Still always funny when people look at our email address & double take/check we're not just *too* interesting ;-)
• Tue, 01:05: Kiwi winemaker, but odd road dust bouquet/taste from the sauv blanc: GSM & MSG blends much better than varietals
• Tue, 02:38: Cypher; every wine is great here as usual. New Zinbitch NOT ready to drink but will be awesome; Dusi Zin very much ready to drink & enjoy
• Tue, 02:52: FABULOUS tasting with Amy of Ranchero Cellars; rich, complex triple viognier, shiny Chrome white blend, old vine carignan still toothsome
• Tue, 02:53: As Ranchero Cellars is made in the Denner winery, we did the tasting on the patio in the sun, talking wine & just about everything else
• Tue, 04:25: Friendly people, comfy beds and a hugs and toasty hot tub. Perfect transition from wine tasting to dinner at Artisan http://t.co/NmhiXy0c

• Sun, 22:14: picked up donuts & coffee in Newport Beach but as it turns out the PCH thru south LA is zoned donut shops, one per block...
• Sun, 23:36: Windhover; we saw two of the hawks that nest here hanging on the wind, golden tails catching the light http://t.co/XokYePtf
• Mon, 01:22: Salt caramel and maple bacon ice cream; goes well together #bacotarian (Checked in at Manhattan Beach Creamery) http://t.co/dVMO9zih
• Mon, 02:59: Crazy things we se on the steering wheels of LA drivers; last year, open book. This year, small bouncy (real) dog #cantmakeitup
• Mon, 03:30: Eek; changed the radio station and managed to rickroll @sbisson - no reward for all his driving
• Mon, 06:55: novelty is good; pulled pork & avocado with a Firestone APA (less hoppy than IPA they claimed w no justification) at Firestone Grill SLO

• Sat, 17:51: George Takei & the Internet vs Facebook; I know who should win but I have a good idea who will :-(
• Sat, 19:52: Mexican breakfast with a view of a hummingbird buzzing a crow! (Checked in at Coyote Grill (Laguna Beach, CA)) http://t.co/oGB6rM5h
• Sun, 00:46: Rather sweet for the dry wines, rather a lot of tannin (Checked in at Baily Winery) http://t.co/mFq0MhsI
• Sun, 01:53: Selection of interestingly fruity roses, good blends, excellent cab sauv
• Sun, 04:19: Excellent for tapas (OMG chorizo croquettes, duck taco), just as good for steak http://t.co/nvnkPTNl

• Fri, 16:42: George Dyson: I believe technology is part of life; my dad believes life is part of technology #firex
• Fri, 16:58: RT @shanselman: If you ask the question "is it poisonous?" and you are in Australia, the answer is YES.
• Fri, 17:51: David Brin & Kim Stanley Robinson celebrate Towel Day that adds up to 42 & talk SF tropes #firex http://t.co/MN0LifEe
• Fri, 17:56: KSR: writing is a technology, language is a technology, justice is a technology,economics is a technology; what we could use them for #firex
• Fri, 18:00: KSR: Most novel writing not matter of creativity springing full blown; writers who think that way writing trivial &uninteresting art #firex
• Fri, 18:00: CONT What it is, is a sensitive receiver of what's going in and try to write a story of interest to people who know what's going on #firex
• Fri, 18:03: KSR: science fiction is a larger question of the sciences &the humanities; conversation on values guiding application of science/tech #firex
• Fri, 18:40: Better food labelling would reflect the true costs & externalities, explain why organic costs more by showing contaminants avoided #firex
• Fri, 18:46: Software with everything http://t.co/FNIughWn #zdnetuk
• Fri, 18:52: handy MS page showing if you have Do Not Track enabled in your browser w instructions for turning it on http://t.co/P8wcXLDN (not just #IE)

More pictures on my SkyDrive

The weekend was great fun as usual, very tasty thanks to 4505 Meats whose 'pork; the noun not the verb' T shirt is in my future as a tribute to deep fried mac and cheese with bacon-studded frankfurter & sweet chili pork rinds, and exhausting. It was so nice to tumble into a hot tub afterwards. This whole trip has been fun, informative, tasty and exhausting and we're only halfway through. So far:
- we flew to LA (I met a charming raconteur on the plane who regaled me with stories about mass lobster dinners and the music business), tried a new breakfast place with maple bacon biscuits, drove to Vegas via Barstow and the usual excellent cheap Mexican restaurant
- walked about 4 miles a day and wrapped out heads fairly thoroughly around the possibilities for managing Windows 8 &amp; Windows RT as well as how System Center and Intune will manage iPhone and Android. Dinner at Shibuya, birthday lunch at Olives with a table on the patio to see the fountains, the ever-reliable BLT and lunch with spikeiowa</span> and Tom who were in town for Corflu, at Morel's Steakhouse at Palazzo which is outside on the strip, with a view of the Sirens, excellent Blood Orange margeritas and very nice food but slightly too small umbrellas on a bright bright day. The impressionist garden in the Bellagio and the impressive fountains outside were photographed.
- we headed back to Barstow and on to Paso Robles where we fitted in two new wineries (Looking Glass where they have a lovely garden to taste in and Sculpeterra where they have sculptures and pistachios) and dinner at Artisan (sweet potato bacon tater tots with ramps dressing and rabbit sausage) and then on to San Jose so we could get up far too early for
- the Creative Suite 6 announcement in the de Yonge museum accompanied by inflatable CS logos that were so inflated they nearly lifted the fountain they were tethered to into the sky, and drink-n-interview time on the top floor of the de Yonge tower where you can see out to Point Reyes up the coast and over the hill to the tips of the Golden Gate Bridge. Ritual Coffee and purchasing of my lovely insulated tea glass and then down to San Jose for a week sitting in Barefoot Coffee and writing furiously
- got up far too early to fly to Orlando and talk to RIM about BlackBerry 10; the new CEO has a convincing mien and talks well but didn't have time for the kind of one on one interview where we can really assess how he thinks, but we did have time to talk to Dan Dodge, the QNX founder who impresses us a lot (and laughed heartily when I said QNX reminds me of Plan 9). RIM is working like a startup, with late nights and pranks and more energy than it's had in years. Nice ideas we said to them; now you have to execute. Then our plane was delayed over three hours by potential fog which I hope isn't an omen for RIM. The Virgin America gate staff kept the passengers amused with quizzes (guess the cumulative age of the gate staff) and paper airplane contests and we took off late but in a good mood. Watched Tower Heist which was funnier and more poignant than I expected. Alan Alda continues to rock my world. Landed at 1am SF time, took an hour (an hour!) to get the luggage and the rental car and got to San Jose in hem-hem record time
- proceeded to sleep off the trip, sit in the hummingbird-visited sunny garden of friends writing furiously, enjoy hanging out and catching up, fit in a few meetings with security companies, visit the Facebook campus, visit Parc (a Xerox company), queue for the longest time for a crab/shrimp/crawfish boil that was very yummy, have lunch in the excellent Mayfield Bakery restaurant in the Town & Country (much more than a bakery - fantastic chicken and steak sandwiches and a refreshing pomegranate lime spritzer) and pop over to San Jose to pick up some rose at David Bruce (where we got to meet the winemaker and hear about the chardonnay from the Judgement of Paris he'd tried the previous week). And dinner at Dish Dash (yummy Mediterranean)
and dinner with friends and dinner at Caffe Ricci where the sculptures are screamingly funny - the washerwoman is a woman with a washer-drier on her head
- we decamped to downtown San Jose for the Nvidia GTC conference: virtualising GPUs, learning the reason for locust swarms (can't stop, locust behind me will eat me) which the daily newsletter reported in the style of a con newsletter, and pondering the amateur lunar rover that will launch on a Russian rocket next year. Ate at *all* the downtown San Jose restaurants; Original Joes, Il Fornaio, The Grill on the Alley AND McCormack & Schicks. Do you get points for restaurant bingo? The event party had roulette and blackjack (which I know how to lose at) and poker and craps (which I don't) but we watched the excellent jugglers instead. Nice patter, nice pattern juggling, and chainsaw juggling to the music and pace of The Blue Danube.
- thence a day of writing and errands and on to Maker Faire for the weekend, followed by a two-day drive to Santa Barbara (coffee, cherries, fried chicken and crab and lobster we hammered into submission at Arch Rock Fish) and on to Laguna Beach (scary LA traffic is crazy and scarey) for this week's conference, Future in Review. This is a treat, although a conference that starts at 8am and carries on through conversations and film showing and dinner lectures until at least midnight every night is exhausting as well as fascinating. It covers everything from cloud to the language of prairie dogs, melting glaciers to the uniquely US approach the FTC has to privacy (speedbump to innovation on the information superhighway to how technology could help human trafficking to interviews with Mark Hurd and George Dyson, plus David Brin and Kim Stanley Robinson bringing their towels on stage. Chatting to them afterwards turned into lunch talking SF and different cultures and then a walk on the beach picking up shells and testing the water temperature. Special mention to O Sushi in the mall across from the hotel, which has excellent sushi, sashimi and rolls, all made with real crab the way I like them, plus cripsy fried antenna. I feel like my antenna are crispy fried now (we've been writing this week as well) so bed calls.

• Thu, 18:05: RT @simonhackett: 'There is no Lady Gaga without Plankton' -- Louis Phihoyos, who made 'The Cove', framing his next film :)
• Thu, 18:11: RT @keyboardP: Apple applies for optical stylus patent, Hell reports coldest day on record http://t.co/LOhZzw9Y via @engadget
• Thu, 18:12: RT @timanderson: some CIOs prefer "on time" and "on budget" to "useful to the business" says Jim Highsmith #twlive
• Thu, 18:27: 1 hand; potential of new tech for productivity, entertainment, changing lives; other = awful effects of pollution, litter on nature #firex
• Thu, 18:32: excellent comment on tech investing panel poiting out so much investment going to startups that are not tech companies #blamegroupon #firex
• Thu, 19:19: RT @clarkekant: Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to play a didgeridoo and ride a unicycle and he'll move to Portland.
• Thu, 19:41: Wonderful Business Week cover on the Euro debacle http://t.co/SlBOchSv
• Thu, 19:48: go straight to the algae to get Omega 3; cut out the middle fish! crushing small fish for oil is not sustainable #firex
• Thu, 19:50: InterDigital accuses Huawei of patent infringement, Huawei sues over costs of InterDigital licence; Chinese co taking US approach?
• Thu, 19:57: problem with using recycled aluminium for generating hydrogen? Have to develop inks that are easier to get off the cans #firex

• Wed, 17:24: RT @pocahontasshole: Tattoo of Leviticus 18:22 forbidding homosexuality: �200. Not knowing that Leviticus 19:28 forbids tattoos: Pricele ...
• Wed, 17:26: Gus Hunt CIA CTO suggesting we can teach people to be smarter online to improve security; because that's worked so well so far? ;( #firex
• Wed, 17:42: Deloitte saying education is way to make social media safe for business as well as useful; works because incentive to keep career? #firex
• Wed, 17:57: 60-70% company time is spent handling exceptions not routine says @jhagel; I see so many co's that have no idea what they actually do #firex
• Wed, 18:01: RT @London20l2: WARNING - Wearing these T-Shirts before, during or after #london2012 is illegal and you will be arrested. http://t.co/7 ...
• Wed, 18:44: is flatter company with inside-in IT architecture @jhagel describes one run to make life better for people who get work done? like! #firex
• Wed, 18:54: Synchronicity; @jhagel talks social-enabled business, @kimcameon talks cloud AD cloud for social enterprise #firex http://t.co/ZlVpwe38
• Wed, 21:57: hmmm; how do you trust the Chinese gov that has been pirating sw to report accurately on how it's addressed piracy? http://t.co/QlBfR1UJ
• Wed, 22:25: Qualcomm: price of a smartphone below $100 this year, display costs dictate when it hits $80, $60 #firex
• Wed, 22:41: this year's #firex CTO challenge - nutritional microanalysis inputs for quantified self - you are what you eat, as my mother used to say ;)

• Tue, 21:20: Latte art in Santa Barbara; squirls and smiling mouse http://t.co/JPPTwpeA
• Tue, 23:25: Dolphins just offshore in Malibu and you can *just* see a fin in the picture http://t.co/HGN2wV74
• Wed, 01:30: The drive to Laguna Beach is equal parts dolphins, jacarandas, awful traffic & scary vanity plates. so LA!
• Wed, 05:02: We broadcast Craig Ventner's DNA into space. Alien invasion force of synthetic Ventners on the way? #firex
• Wed, 05:26: Not so keen on replacing beef & chicken with synthetic food grown in vats; soylent purple is yeast #firex

• Mon, 22:52: Refurbished Windows PCs & cheap broadband to even out the UK digital divide; much better than non-standard computers http://t.co/0V88xq4l
• Mon, 23:14: Coffee? Check. Water? Check. Cherries? Check! Gas? Check. Radio tuned, audio books loaded. Roadtrip! Laguna Beach & Fire, here we come
• Mon, 23:18: Really? I have Kred in hammer? How about snark? #notthebestalorithmever http://t.co/vM14CImy
• Tue, 02:54: Trains and shadows on the south California coast http://t.co/cFrWSWfK
• Tue, 06:14: Lobster, crab and implements of crushing ready at hand. Also a nice local Saison ale; ready for the fight http://t.co/reqM2tXk
• Tue, 06:14: Just as nice as last year; good fish interestingly cooked. Monday & Tuesday crab bucket with hammer had our name on http://t.co/Aqb386BG
• Tue, 07:39: How future tablets can run high-end desktop apps; Viewport applications could combine cloud GPU power with native apps http://t.co/PMTqaYSe
• Tue, 09:20: The Oatmeal; demonstrating how fact checking snide & tedious responses is done http://t.co/wcDcsuZr #teslarocks
• Tue, 09:31: 8 Ways Windows 8 Speeds Up Your PC, from boot to benchmarks #windows8 http://t.co/UgjWjAlE

• Sun, 23:00: Morph/Human Bean playing with Lego at #makerfaire http://t.co/a9LCU5fa
• Sun, 23:01: Shouldn't fire extinguishers put it out not gush it out? #makerfaire http://t.co/o0lgkdAa
• Sun, 23:39: Drunk robot or just out of power? #makerfaire http://t.co/4UnmJL2t
• Mon, 01:14: Cut on my leg from the sign that the quake-proofing stand team didn't secure properly #irony #fail
• Mon, 01:21: Lego DNA in progress #makerfaire http://t.co/PJ3yneKG
• Mon, 01:23: Advertising the digital game museum self referentially #makerfaire http://t.co/PDKLKIx3
• Mon, 01:25: Kid-friendly 3d printers in #lumia colours #makerfaire http://t.co/CwjAidWj
• Mon, 03:15: Watched the solar eclipse through mylar sheets, solar viewers, filtered telescope (saw sunspot) & pinholes in card; literally awesome
• Mon, 03:53: RT @DeathStarPR: Dan Harmon was fired as #Community's showrunner. And Earth moves ever closer to forcing us to Britta it... #SixSeasonsA ...
• Mon, 03:54: RT @mrtonylee: Oh, and @NBC? When #Community fans say #SixSeasonsAndAMovie? We don't mean with Larry and Moe helming it. @danharmon IS C ...

• Sat, 19:10: @Fairetraffic any parking shuttle routes that serve the east gate?
• Sat, 23:07: This looks like the busiest Maker Fair yet; long line for maize cakes!
• Sun, 07:29: wow; I have to spam block changeDOTorg because I can't load their unsubscribe page in #IE #fail #shouldistartapetitiononchangeorgohwait

• Fri, 23:59: I appear to have bought the red keenes & the green keenes I've been wanting & a hoodie & shoes in exactly my green http://t.co/R3NrmAmv
• Sat, 04:59: Bison chocolate stout lit by two other smartphones as torches because flash was burning out on the reflections http://t.co/0pv0vB79

• Thu, 19:48: namecheck for QNX in the amateur European moon rover keynote
• Thu, 22:15: sweet; the physical volume keys on my notebook give me a pause/play control for the Metro music player, from the #win8 desktop #convenient
• Thu, 22:27: +1 for asking @Twitter to render SkyDrive links and images inline #skydrivepixplease RT if you want it ;) http://t.co/FPN3kLY4 @windowsblog
• Thu, 23:19: If GPU in the cloud is really good enough for gaming, will you still buy GPUs for your PC? Nvidia CEO says yes http://t.co/OFMOK756
• Thu, 23:23: GPU in the cloud: what does it mean, how does it work and how much will it cost? http://t.co/PvxHsc2y
• Fri, 01:01: there are no cats in Angry Birds, right? So when describing the interface should I refer to the Bird-apult? the kamikaze-bird-apult?
• Fri, 03:29: @simonhackett did we just see you parked in downtown San Jose?

• Wed, 01:06: hey @Bing did the hover previews of Web pages make it into the new redesign? those were really useful...
• Wed, 04:47: On balance the pear martini is marginally better than the peach martini as it's just a little more tart. Next; steak http://t.co/gV89hWPZ
• Wed, 09:39: want an angle watching over me & warning me about umbeyonce anywhere it smells of colon: Unforgivable Spelling Mistakes http://t.co/e9BLJAft
• Wed, 09:55: Contribute, contract; endorse? Technology reputations http://t.co/4MNytSX9 #zdnetuk

• Mon, 19:45: Things that look bad; people who work at a smartphone company using out of office messages. Does your product not do email? ;-)
• Tue, 02:20: What's better ID at hotel checkin desk; credit card & elite hotel loyalty card linked to my address or a business card anyone could print?

• Sun, 22:34: How did I not spot this before. Like, unlike, +1; lolcat IS Newspeak #orwellwasright
• Sun, 22:53: Quick, which dial is temperature & which is fan & which ac? Terrible UX of our time http://t.co/JQvXr26q
• Mon, 00:11: Came for the rose, loving the 04 chardonnay which has more pineapple than any chard I've tasted before. http://t.co/nrAzlBpE
• Mon, 00:12: Also good news for David Bruce fans, he's making zinfandel w SLO grapes & cabernet sauvignon again by popular demand
• Mon, 03:08: Will the same judiciary committee also take a look at the browser situation on iOS? http://t.co/7q1Fk43K
• Mon, 03:15: RT @davux: Hate on a feature you don't like, but don't hate on the people that put their sweat and tears into making it the best it can ...
• Mon, 05:58: Have read nothing but Anthony Price for 2 weeks; starting the last book I have in sequence tonight. Buy next volume or read something else?
• Mon, 07:32: @johnnyryan next stop; design copyright and IP lawsuits?
• Mon, 09:47: Things Google is bad at: running a company http://t.co/PHyVRFAZ #zdnetuk

• Sat, 21:06: Did #Dell Denmark really put an anti-women in the workplace moderator saying shut up bitch on stage after Michael Dell? http://t.co/1oiumLPg
• Sat, 21:17: very impressed by the #audiofly af78 earbuds I just tried; excellent clarity, tons of detail. can hear Michael Hedges' guitar string vibrate

• Fri, 22:18: not sure if I have beaten Excel into submission or Excel has permanently warped way my brain works; hide hours to get minute:second graphs!
• Fri, 22:51: RT @rschifreen: Lanyard: Just under a metre of cat6 cable.
• Fri, 22:59: nothing makes you realise you don't really hate Outlook that much like the prospect of using Google Apps instead? http://t.co/hWrrBLFl
• Sat, 01:31: Interesting meeting with Whitehat talking security code testing and changing attitudes to app security vs military history ;-)
• Sat, 03:18: Life lessons from movie marquees. Girl in progress; think like a man. hmmm
• Sat, 03:22: Unsubscribed from pr list for product with marketing campaign based on spying on family members & humiliating them w' what you learn #newlow
• Sat, 04:28: RT @sbisson: Go Faster Stripes on a Hummer? A triumph of hope over physics, methinks.
• Sat, 08:29: Is it the idea of power over Ethernet that makes me frequently try to pit the notebook power cord in the Ethernet socket? My excuse anyway

• Thu, 20:26: Billboards on 101 are good today; a kickstarter big enough for a billboard & Tad stuck in his Virt world near the (cough) Vlimited offices
• Thu, 23:29: Windows RT browsers and the point of Windows RT http://t.co/cIuDvWkc #zdnetuk
• Fri, 00:03: RT @halberenson: MSFT can get away with Office as the only non-Metro app on ARM because the anti-trust finding was specific to Windows o ...
• Fri, 04:24: Clutching my haul of green leather samples from FabMo, it's time for noodles with black garlic at Maru Ichi http://t.co/4JJQ898Q
• Fri, 05:31: RT @omarg: I will be devastated if the aliens in the "Battleship" movie are not from the planet Connect Four.

• Wed, 20:34: RT @BreakingNews: Obama: 'For me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able t ...
• Wed, 22:08: crabs & crawfish leave their impression on the fingers; spiny spidey spikey, as I said to @sbisson
• Wed, 22:13: Any time you repeat story from the Daily Mail, please check as thoroughly as this to see if it's just complete fiction http://t.co/vLSxArbF
• Wed, 22:40: When I'm not signed in to Quora, it lists me as a Facebook friend of myself; is that breaching or protecting my privacy?
• Wed, 23:21: RT @clanwilliam: Banning gay marriage? Refusing to recognise it? Threatens my heterosexual childless marriage. Because we're just as bad ...
• Thu, 05:39: Good pasta and a statue of a woman holding a washing machine; Caffe Riaci. Also yak blankets & lemon sorbet

• Tue, 19:31: Designing Metro look & feel isn't as easy as it looks? Updates to the VS RC show lots of design work http://t.co/NzKaI2Tb
• Tue, 22:17: wow! a page open on Cult of Mac in #IE10 was taking 1% of my entire memory?! come on web devs!
• Tue, 22:53: Add dry ice to iced tea. Stand well back... http://t.co/B9ByvE6D
• Tue, 22:58: Dry iced tea for two http://t.co/7gsgB3ab
• Wed, 02:17: user/info-centric security in enterprise is to firewalls as feature detection in browsers is to relying on user agent strings; best practice
• Wed, 03:43: You are the computer http://t.co/JlXYT02m #zdnetuk
• Wed, 06:43: Worth the wait, though you work for your dinner peeling! Tangy king crab, shrimp, fiddly crawfish, sweet potato fries http://t.co/g6wJT0Tr

• Mon, 18:59: What the new RIM CEO cares about; consumer AND enterprise, performance, mobile computing & squashing BlackBerry myths http://t.co/KvV0O2Js
• Mon, 19:11: RT @PurpleGreenRob: RT: EXPERIMENT: Retweet this if you think proportional representation (PR) is better than first past the post (FPTP) ...
• Mon, 22:12: Exactly what I've found with touch notebooks; an extra mode that I refuse to give up http://t.co/e9Ky1Zbw
• Tue, 00:01: RT @sbisson: Dear random corporation. Just because I am a journalist, you don't have the right to stick me on an advertising mailing lis ...
• Tue, 00:02: or not. depends if it makes money, right? RT @edbott: Maybe in six months Dell will have an Ubuntu Ultrabook. Maybe. http://t.co/X3kvpzLH
• Tue, 00:35: helpful error messages of our time #992 offline files: sync failed: wrong parameter #whythankyousohelpful
• Tue, 05:43: Rogue maple bacon beer; smells of maple syrup, tastes more of smoke than bacon. But, um, I'm burping maple

• Mon, 00:22: RT @davux: Thanks for sending me an email: I'll reply in 30 seconds or 5 days.

• Sat, 20:27: IT security? You're doing it wrong! http://t.co/x2HEfR88 #zdnetuk
• Sat, 23:20: the catholic church is criticising paganism for association with child abuse http://t.co/54m5UGT7 #irony
• Sat, 23:27: @scaleovenstove the story focused on iOS but the survey it's based on is across multiple app markets
• Sun, 05:59: Green fire! http://t.co/heaGOfDu

• Fri, 21:00: @mrbrit um, I said 2012 and this year in this piece. Link for where I said next year? http://t.co/NDGyUzVg
• Fri, 22:12: Excellent milkshakes, real bacon! (Checked in at Peninsula Creamery) http://t.co/GIJSzefF
• Sat, 00:29: Not the engineering feat I usually think of with the name Jensen Interceptor ;-) http://t.co/mHH2YMBc
• Sat, 00:43: RT @sbisson: Annoyed that this wasn't an election I could vote in- the London postal ballot came out too late for me to send mine in. #d ...
• Sat, 00:44: RT @HackneyAbbott: Boris shamelessly claiming credit for a whole series of achievements that were actually planned under Ken #allhopeisgone
• Sat, 02:40: Decisions decisions. 21st Amendment black IPA, hell or high watermelon witbeer, or Dogfish Head Midas Tomb spiced witbeer? Strawberry honey!

• Thu, 17:35: RT @sbisson: A minion for @marypcbuk! http://t.co/R2bDqDdx
• Thu, 19:10: So when #windows8 runs just about any Windows desktop app u throw at it, why do people ask if app X will still work? Lack of confidence?
• Thu, 20:23: I appear to be living in both a dystopian & scientific utopian future. Business as usual then ;-)
• Thu, 22:45: @wilw remember, on a free service you're both the product AND the lab rat
• Fri, 00:06: Sat in Orlando airport waiting for lovely Virgin America to fly us back to SFO, booking another flight back to Orlando #turtlesallthewaydown
• Fri, 00:10: The #virginamerica flight is delayed; the gate staff are running competitions to keep the passengers amused ;-)
• Fri, 00:51: Now #virginamerica has us folding paper planes ;-)
• Fri, 01:33: Just realized the absurd #ZDNet rant about @wilw feels familiar because it's what gets said to women complaining about sexism :-(
• Fri, 09:08: SFO baggage handlers must be as tired as me, seem to be carrying bags off plane two or three at a time!
• Fri, 09:16: late night air train at SFO http://t.co/0ckzGpA2

• Wed, 16:41: RT @GilesBrody: Marriage should be legally defined as a relationship between 2 loving,consenting adults committing to a bin rota both kn ...
• Wed, 16:45: ENISA promoting security week by asking public to email photo attachments; what could possibly go wrong?
• Wed, 21:21: Trying to feel virtuous rather than deprived that I missed the afternoon ice cream
• Wed, 22:22: Twilio meets Azure http://t.co/Of0rex5W #zdnetuk
• Thu, 05:26: Chocolate martini or very sweet lighter fuel? A most alcoholic desert http://t.co/f3b9yN0P
• Thu, 06:48: noo devil?! RT @fxshaw: Good Q. If you look at the initials you can spell devil with do no evil. RT @qhardy: Are there any Devil Investors?

• Tue, 14:11: RIM CEO reassuring faithful he knows the past, came to #bbw when it was still wireless enterprise symposium
• Tue, 14:18: hmmm; so far, this keynote is about reassuring people that BlackBerry aten't dead yet; maybe time to focus on how it will move forward?
• Tue, 14:23: an announcement! WebEx for BB10. Date & price would be nice though...
• Tue, 14:33: glance gesture; rather like the universal #WP back stack, but with true multitasking #bbwc
• Tue, 14:40: BB10: lovely features like gesture keyboard & pictures you can revise to moment before you took photo. now RIM needs to deliver first #bbwc
• Tue, 14:47: what the BlackBerry Dev Alpha phone tells us about BB10 http://t.co/KKFNyh2S #bbwc by me #techradar
• Tue, 15:11: If you hire the engineer who wrote Netstumbler & he calls his program Gstumbler, maybe you should read his full project proposal? @edbott
• Tue, 15:13: I think there's a clash of hashtags; the #bbwc stream is full of both tech comments, and um, something else more, um, personal...
• Tue, 15:16: RT @sbisson: On ZDNet UK, my first take look at the BlackBerry Dev Alpha (with lots of pictures): http://t.co/VBMnOEou Tip @techmeme
• Tue, 15:41: citrix demonstrates on playbook exactly why Windows RT will do just fine on the desktop; add mouse, keyboard & remote to standard Windowsapp

• Mon, 15:22: This is not what I'm doing today; this is what I'll be looking at as I work today http://t.co/YTItYTB3
• Mon, 16:03: Is one of these Windows Phone 8 form factors the Metro eBook reader? @maryjofoley @gcaughey http://t.co/MxMBrE15
• Mon, 18:17: wow, way to embed your assumptions in an HTML devtest poll http://t.co/hosnvVka Googler snarks #ie

• Sun, 16:30: Very bright & sunny for oh-dark o'clock. Got the car door shut just before the sprinklers came on full. Lucky; had already showered
• Sun, 16:37: Klout is sending me a week's worth of #LiptonTeaHoney Iced Tea Mix sounds like they tipped all the bin ends together http://t.co/ImCJSGAC
• Sun, 17:34: Boarding the plane for BlackBerry world would have gone better if I hadn't fallen over a bag and hurt my leg :-(
• Sun, 23:31: Hello clammily warm Orlando...hello toll road, hello suspicious floating log, hello giant hotels...
• Sun, 23:40: Desert to mountains and on to the (?cultural desert?) Orlando http://t.co/9uTPnLiA
• Sun, 23:42: Death Valley; there's a road down there we've driven http://t.co/hQ5lFOsk
• Sun, 23:43: I think that was Flagstaff... http://t.co/UT5eds69
• Mon, 02:58: Jai Alai Cigar City IPA from Tampa; a toothsome local beer with a fruity little tang. Jai Alai itself is Basque, apparently...

• Sat, 23:19: Dear changedotorg; I wld like to sign yr petitions; can't because you quarantine #ie10 -either your reasoning or feature detection is broken
• Sun, 00:44: your 4square checkin polluting my twitterfeed; I remind myself again the link is just an ad for the service, not a link with information in
• Sun, 00:57: huh; on a freshly booted PC, Picasa uploads work in #ie10 but after a couple of days it's broken? #justplainwierd
• Sun, 01:09: Faceoff: I look at SkyDrive (with Windows/Mac sync) http://t.co/Bwrbxffc @sbisson looks at Google Drive http://t.co/MwKzvXxn which wins?
• Sun, 01:13: Actual link to what I think of SkyDrive rather than the general reviews blog, excellent read though that is http://t.co/rTmqs8pR
• Sun, 06:07: Spinach and bacon and eggplant parmigiana for the win! (Checked in at Original Joe's) http://t.co/0XjO4uCT
• Sun, 07:15: Songs that make me utterly happy when they come on the radio; Solsbury Hill

• Fri, 21:22: Klouchebag score for @marypcbuk: 25, or 'mostly alright'. Why not mostly harmless, eh? http://t.co/EfcjRQYl
• Fri, 21:23: Klouchebag score for @sbisson: 12, or 'quite a nice person' who uses capital letters. Pah! http://t.co/H2doojk2
• Fri, 21:41: RT @Pete_Brown: I got an invite to attend a session on SEO for blog posts. #facepalm #howAboutWeOptimizeForReaders
• Fri, 22:08: Remember I was wondering about crossplatform Mac/PC malware? And here it is http://t.co/ihmHTAUP
• Fri, 23:47: Google & Facebook bemoan the splattergun approach to journalism their business model incentivizes #irony http://t.co/qFkDzVOJ
• Sat, 00:05: Is it unfair to mock a vanity plate if it's for a dead processor? How about if it didn't buy them a particularly expensive car?
• Sat, 00:11: scored a large pipe of Anthony Price spy thrillers; now all I need is a beach to read them om
• Sat, 01:44: I know SharePoint doesn't suck like this on premise or on Office 365; so I wonder what the hoster of the slooooow SP site I'm using has done
• Sat, 03:12: Evening light through sprinklers http://t.co/E9cru6za

• Thu, 23:39: You know you're in silicon valley when; people outside on conference breaks are there to get signal rather than smoke
• Thu, 23:57: Deloitte describing Android handset makers as "in a bar fight" #smashingbottles
• Fri, 02:29: Wow. Opened my whole 50 page document from SharePoint web interface before dropbox web page let me download even half of it
• Fri, 08:09: RT @DrPizza: I really do wish Yahoo loved @flickr.

• Wed, 21:46: Should I weep with laughter or despair; a corrupt politician who can't even be competent at it http://t.co/bTn3WGLg
• Wed, 21:48: businesses who use admin,123456 and wonderfully security as admin passwords; why Conficker is still going http://t.co/oH6vDPTU #gooeycentre
• Wed, 23:12: Stupid passwords, irritating UAC & what spam you get http://t.co/93RPMVcz #zdnetuk
• Wed, 23:14: Thought for the day; when you have the wrong end of the stick, take it out of your eye
• Wed, 23:15: Barefoot is very busy today; out of pastries already! (Checked in at Barefoot Coffee Campbell)
• Thu, 00:08: RT @tomhounsell: Of course Tim Cook doesn't like convergence, he'd much rather sell you two devices where one would suffice. #apple is a ...
• Thu, 00:18: Microsoft noticed I keep calling #OneNote a hidden gem (link in http://t.co/KdrWZ3pv); here's hoping the SkyDrive attention spills over!
• Thu, 01:37: Be careful what you wish for: I was wanting more information about managing Windows RT & Metro apps. I just wanted it last week not this!
• Thu, 03:00: Thinking too much like a Londoner huddling in shelter; actually rain on a warm San Jose evening is lovely

• Tue, 18:57: Advertisers have short memories. Tell @AngiesList: don't go back to supporting Rush Limbaugh w advertising http://t.co/H5IMCxOP @CREDOmobile
• Tue, 19:11: 1 in 5 Macs have Windows malware (1 in 36 have Mac malware); what proportion of Macs virtualize Windows so that malware is actually live?
• Tue, 19:21: RT @edbott: Microsoft's unwillingness to prebrief journalists about this week's announcement was a boneheaded move. Cost them a lot of g ...
• Tue, 20:29: Google Drive; my utterly cynical reaction is that the algorithm must need more training data to work with
• Tue, 21:16: OCR a document into Google Drive, see it in a Captcha? I can see that @paulockenden
• Tue, 22:14: Disclosure; I think I still believe in the perfectibility of technology. Of human being? not so much
• Tue, 22:26: Microsoft is paying devs a lot of attention; offering hands-on eval & tuition for #windows8 apps good enough for day 1 http://t.co/R6HzLykx
• Tue, 22:59: single-purpose devices or do-everything systems? everyone thinks they want the former but then asks for the latter #thingsIlearnedfromblogs
• Tue, 23:20: best of both toasties MT @fxshaw must be a typo. it’s not a toaster/fridge It’s a toaster/oven. Those seem pretty popular. Just saying #win8
• Wed, 00:24: What does Creative Cloud mean for desktop apps? http://t.co/LpXf88qx #zdnetuk

• Mon, 19:18: Key features in Adobe Photoshop CS6 http://t.co/ASL5CJ7X & Illustrator CS6 http://t.co/72BU4kLe my galleries on #ZDNetUK
• Tue, 00:38: Orange ginger cubano at Barefoot after a latte from Ritual Coffee; good caffeine day http://t.co/mjQd3q0X
• Tue, 00:41: Have caffeine and post from the mailbox, will work (Checked in at Barefoot Coffee Campbell) http://t.co/PIfrXy45
• Tue, 01:03: RT @monkchips: "hadoop is really good at counting things in a distributed way. and thats pretty much ail its good for" - @hmason, chief ...
• Tue, 01:37: something I do *really* miss in #windows8 is recent files jumplists for non-pinned apps that aren't open; need those on Start menu please
• Tue, 02:03: wow, Google has completely f'ed Picasa Web for #ie10 now I can't get past the 'give us your phone number' prompt at all #baddesign
• Tue, 02:04: oh, but if I let the page fail and then hit the back button it works? really, really, really bad design Google
• Tue, 02:30: I blame Google rather than #ie10 for Picasa Web problems because A other sites work as well in #ie10 as in #ie9
• Tue, 02:31: B some of the picasa web problems I had in #ie10 recently are now fixed but I haven't updated ie so either Heisenbug or the site has changed
• Tue, 02:40: talking of which; hey @twitter when are you going to recognise skydrive pictures as images you can show on a tweet then?

• Sun, 23:38: Wine tasting at Still Waters, Paso with added olive oil and pond http://t.co/LoCt4c4h
• Sun, 23:41: Jammy Clone 3 cuvee merlot is Jammu and chocolatey (Checked in at Still Waters Vineyards)
• Mon, 02:04: Couple of nice wines & good pistachios at Sculpterra. Stopped at Cypher but the sign changed to closed just as we got to the door :-(
• Mon, 02:40: Here we are, back at @artisanofpaso again; can't resist! bacon tater tots &pigs ear salad & duck pumpkin & rabbit http://t.co/soKpUGWR
• Mon, 02:41: Tasted a vermentino called voluptuous that's so sparse of flavor it should be called anorexic. On to the rose instead!
• Mon, 02:57: Everything in moderation; not too much water with dinner http://t.co/lRVgMRxR
• Mon, 03:02: UX, UI, server, datacenter - beautifully explained through the medium of breakfast cereal. Only needs affordances http://t.co/nPEgZNXI
• Mon, 04:27: Don't understand people complaining about #windowsphone not being compatible with proprietary iPhone headset controls
• Mon, 05:28: pulled off 101 for a biobreak; amazing starry night sky above us
• Mon, 07:34: Hello San Jose; you are not nearly as warm as where we've been. Oh wait, it's dark :-)

• Sat, 19:51: Vegas, baby! http://t.co/ppVhYCtd
• Sat, 20:10: Perfect rollover. Could pretend that's the birthday I'm celebrating ;-) http://t.co/yD9MbWF8
• Sat, 20:18: Chocolate dress! http://t.co/zE0tLOYt
• Sat, 21:35: Birthday fountain brunch IN THE SHADE; Vegas is way hot today http://t.co/pF0hd2Vw
• Sun, 01:03: "Macs get malware"; giant billboard on the aide of the road of out Las Vegas. That's mainstream...
• Sun, 03:53: Cold iced coffee on a warm desert evening

• Fri, 18:57: the more I hear about what you can discover with the excellent windows performancetoolkit the more I think most sw is horribly badly written
• Fri, 19:07: The primary color metro template used for the #mms2012 presentations keeps making me think of Mr Powershell Jeffrey Snover's trademark ties
• Fri, 21:29: Me taking a picture of @sbisson taking a picture of me (recursion) taking a picture of the blood orange margarita http://t.co/CyA59V7u
• Sat, 00:42: a press release about a consultancy claims they show "ferret-like tenacity"; straight up the clients' trousers then?
• Sat, 05:32: In Las Vegas? Free evening? Going to our favorite sushi place? Oh yes. Hello Shibuya ;-) hello blood orange mojito http://t.co/ZkzX1nkM

• Thu, 22:20: I spy six Samsung tablets plus two other PCs at the Windows 8 session at #mms2012 http://t.co/nLIntscR
• Fri, 01:03: If the best-selling Xbox is doing that 'badly' then what state are Playstation and Wii in this year? is console market saturated?
• Fri, 01:10: OK if you're talking about licensing Java but you're not talking about licensing it from Sun specifically is there some licence fairy to ask
• Fri, 07:00: The good, the bad and the duckling (look closely, Morricone soundtrack for the fountains) http://t.co/gISY98p5
• Fri, 07:02: Why is @sbisson walking around the room in circles? To get his #fitbit stats for the day to six miles
• Fri, 07:08: Why is @sbisson walking in circles around the room? To get his #fitbit stats for the day up to six miles

• Wed, 21:05: What Windows Intune means for Windows RT http://t.co/29A9FjCm #zdnetuk
• Wed, 21:09: Making sense of Windows 8 versions: it's compatibility versus losing some of the deadweight of the Windows environment http://t.co/9JH5mxQt
• Wed, 21:14: Oracle's case against Google: I hadn't realised quite how many damaging emails Oracle had found in discovery #zdnetuk http://t.co/CNuyUJhw
• Wed, 22:37: RT @NextTechBlog: Rewrite of Company's Own Blog Post About Company, Which Is Already On Techmeme tip @Techmeme
• Thu, 00:01: Unscientific but impressive faults; getting at least an hour more battery life with #windows8 on my laptop
• Thu, 03:19: Dear Bank; why do you even have a 'remember my ID' checkbox if it doesn't, y'know, remember my ID? No love, me #santander

• Thu, 17:41: April showers, May flowers. So London will be one giant garden jungle soon?
• Fri, 10:18: Got a head start on jet lag by working late last night. Um ;-) pack and off to Vegas via LA for MMS & lots of work

• Wed, 13:12: oh I've been waiting for this! copy a number on #windowsphone paste to call it; should be built in but still... http://t.co/FKXLKQUT
• Wed, 14:47: ROFL; http://t.co/KFKNMbWi tells me I need to run Vista or 7 to get #IE9 - doesn't know about windows8/IE10? ;-)
• Wed, 18:23: How to both upgrade and dual boot Windows 8 http://t.co/lyMGVm8H #zdnetuk
• Wed, 18:27: RT @robpegoraro: Pro tip: If you want me to consider your #LinkedIn request, you need to put *something* in your profile.
• Wed, 21:02: y'know Google, when Picasa upload worked in #ie9 & breaks in #ie10 I wonder exactly what weirdness you have on the page...
• Wed, 21:37: damn good reason for upgrading to #windows8 rather than clean install; if you had previous versions working, you still have it #phew
• Wed, 21:40: although an Undo button on the delete dialog in explorer would have been nice #tryingtogetmypulsebacktonormal #yeswehavebackups

• Tue, 12:16: RT @CorkGourmetGuy: Twitter let's remove the stigma and shame that surrounds male depression and please RT the link for #ChefsForCALM ht ...
• Tue, 17:09: almost stopped hating seesmic web now #ie10 makes it touch scroll properly, crash less - thanks #windows8 ;-)
• Tue, 17:27: I think Virgin Health is going to be more like Virgin trains than Virgin Atlantic, alas ;-( #misstheNHS http://t.co/Gca8dCtS
• Tue, 17:37: we had the blinding flash & the deafening retort but it did not break us off at the ankles; my that storm is right overhead
• Tue, 17:39: hah! lighting, thunder and hail followed by song on radio telling me 'the heavens opened up' ;-) #synchronicityisfun
• Tue, 19:39: why are all the Windows7-alike Chrome desktop backgrounds sunset pictures? Are they trying to tell us something?
• Tue, 20:06: so where are all the Santorum pulling out jokes then? I was expecting my twiterstream to be frothing with them...

• Mon, 12:54: ten minutes after I booted my main PC with #windows8 for the 1st time I'd removed five startup apps I didn't need & never knew about
• Mon, 13:30: my always-smart @sbisson fixed pen & touch not working on my #windows8 HP 2740p by turning the touchscreen device off&on again #alwaystry1st
• Mon, 16:04: Do notebooks need touchscreens? for the 5 minutes touch didn't work on my #windows8 upgraded HP 2740p I was planning to go right back to 7
• Mon, 17:21: RT @cstross: "Denying Homosexual Desires Tied to Homophobia" -- Psych Central report (Also: sun rises in east, bears crap in woods.) htt ...
• Mon, 18:21: RT @ryan: Facebook, Instagram, $1b, etc. -- well, there goes my Twitter timeline for the rest of the day.
• Mon, 18:31: Facebook isn't buying a product or even a product team; it's buying something that generates attention & answers 'what's your pinterest' qs
• Mon, 18:54: RT @sbisson: Who's got the headline bingo card for Instagram/Facebook. My money's on "snaps up" and any pun on "develops".
• Mon, 21:46: Oh #office2010 the subtle irony of your error messages delights. An unexpected event has occurred: was this helpful? WTF do you think?
• Mon, 22:37: upgraded to #windows 8 & outlook reindexed & respamchecked messages. found a lot of PR emails in spam folder; all mention cloud #kindaspam
• Tue, 00:24: cheap shots #542: why can't Microsoft even capitalise tools consistently? Power View and PowerPivot. huh?